Winter Safety and Preparedness

6 Snowiest Cities in America

By Jon Erdman

December 16 2013 07:45 PM EDT

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Is Your City the Snowiest?

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Where is the Snowiest Place?

Few people know it as the snowiest place on earth. But that's exactly what Sukayu Onsen, Japan is: 40-foot snow canyons, blinding blizzards, and the northernmost primates, Japanese snow monkeys. See it all in this episode of Destination Uncharted.

Statistically speaking, which locations really are America's snowiest cities? Just to set your frame of reference, the table to the right shows the average annual snow totals for some major cities that may come to mind first.

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